Incased electric time-alarm.



No. 688,886. PatentedDec. l7, l90l.

A. P. SCHLOSS. \NCASED ELECTRIC TIME ALARM.

{Application filed Feb. 11, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER P. SOHLOSS, OF NEW YORK, Y.

INCASED ELECTRIC TIME-ALARM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 688,886, dated December 17, 1901.

7 Application filed February 11,1901. serial No. 46,766. (No model.)

State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in Incased Electric Olock-Alarms, which improvements are fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation view of an'incased electric clock-alarm constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation view of said incased electric clockalarm, the closure or door for the back-of the incasing structure thereof being shown. in its open position for the purpose of disclosing the parts and mechanism located interiorly of said incasing structure. Fig. 3 is'a horizontal section as on the line a a of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the electric circuit and connections.

Similar reference numerals denote like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in clock-alarms, the same being utilized in connection with a clock or clock mechanism for the purpose of producing or sounding an alarm at some predetermined hour or degree of time.

The objects of the invention are to provide an electric clock-alarm which shall be simple,

inexpensive, and novel as regards construc-. tion, which shall'be positive in operation and attractive in appearance, which shall embod y a permanently-located clock or clock mechanism in circuit with an electric generator and an incasing structure forhousing said clock, generator, and substantially all of the remaining part-sand mechanism against the detrimental action of dust, dirt, or other injurious substance, which shall embody parts whereby the user may terminate a sounding alarm without seeking access to the interior of the incasing structure, which shall embody parts for yieldingly holdin g the generator in position for service, and which shall possess certain well-definedadvantages over prior analogous structures.

The invention consists in the employment of certain parts novel in the matter of form,

in the novel disposition and arrangement of the various parts and elements of the clockalarm as awhole, in certain combinations,and in certain details of construction, all of which will be specifically referred to hereinafter and set forth in the appended claims.

As an essential element of my improved clock-alarm I employ an incasing structure, which consists of the base 2,'top mem her 2', 0pposite side walls 3 3, and flOllhWf Illl, thus leaving the incasin'g structure with an open back designedto be closed under normal conditions by the door 4:, the said incasin'g structure being formed from Wood or other suit able non-conducting material. Within the incasing structure there'is located a clock 5, arranged with its face at asuitable opening formed-in the front wall 4:, to the end that the face of said, clock may be visible from a point in front of the incasing structure. The clock 5 is designed to be held permanently in position at the opening named, to which end the metallic supporting-arms 5 5 are employed. The clock 5 comprises the usual metallic casing and clock-movement, the latter comprising an alarm-stem 6, provided with an extended finger lever 6', projecting radially therefrom, and the said finger-lever is of sufficient length to reach'and engage, when duly moved, a point, as the contact 10, located away from said clock within the incasing structure aforenamed. p

7 represents the electric generator, ordinarily in the form of a battery, the same being removably or yieldingly held in place for service within the incasing structure, as by means of the elastic or resilient arms 7 7", the free ends of which are adapted to take around and yieldingly engage, respectively, the poles 8 8 of the battery 7.

9 denotes an electric tripper of any approved construction, and 9 denotes a gong or hell for cooperating with said tripper, Whereby the alarm is sounded, and which combined parts will be hereinafter referred to as the electric alarm-bell.

1.0 represents the circuit-wires leading from one pole, as 8, of the battery 7 to the electric alarm-bell, from the'latter to the finger-lever 6, as by way of the support 5 and metallic parts ofthe clock 5, and leading from the pole 8 of the battery 7 to the controller 10" and thence to the contact 10', the latter being located in the path or line of movement of the extended finger-lever 6. The controller 10 is located at the outer side of the front wall 4 and is provided to the end that the user of my improved clock-alarm may, if he so desires, terminate a sounding alarm Without interfering with the clock 5 or seeking to gain access to the interior of the incasing structure, and the foregoing the user accomplishes by suitably manipulating the controller10", which breaks the circuit when moved to the position it occupies in Fig. 1 of the drawings and closes the circuit when moved to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l of drawings.

The battery 7 may be of anysuitable and approved construction.

In putting my improved incased electric clock-alarm into practical service the user adjusts the alarm mechanism of the clock 5 to operate at a predetermined hour or degree of time, whereupon the finger-lever 6' is moved away from and out of engagement with the contact 10' as to the position it occupies in Fig. 2 of the drawings and moves the controller 10" to close the circuit 10 thereat. Upon the arrival of the hour at which the alarm mechanism of the clock 5 is set to operate the finger-lever 6 will return to engagement with the contact 10" through the action of the stem (5, and thus operativeiy close the circuit 10, whereupon through the action of the electric alarm-bell aforenamed the alarm will be sounded. This sounding alarm may be terminated at the will of the user by moving the controller 10" in the direction to break the electric circuit thereat.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is-

1. An incased electric clock-alarm comprising a non-conducting iucasing structure consisting of a base, top member, opposing side walls and a front Wall, the latter having a clock-opening; a door for closing the rear of said structure; a clock within said structure and having its face visible at the opening aforenamed in said front wall; a contact 10- catcd within said structure away from said clock, the latter having an alarm-stem provided with a laterally-projecting finger-lever of sufficient length to insure the engagement thereof, at its free end, with said contact, when said lever is duly moved in one direction; and an electric alarm-bell, an electric controller and a battery, the said clock, contact, controller and bell being arranged in electric circuit with said battery, substantially as herein specified.

2. An incased electric clock-alarm comprising a non-conducting incasing structure having a clock-opening; aclock comprising a conductive casing, and an alarm-stem, within said structure at the opening therein; a contact located away from said clock, at said incasing structure, the said alarm-stern having a finger-lever projecting therefrom and of sufficient length to reach, and adapted to engage, when duly moved, the said contact; an electric bell; an electric controller; and a battery, the said clock, contact, controller and bell being arranged in electric circuit with said battery, substantially as herein specified.

ALEXAN DER P. SCH LOSS.

Witnesses:

P. BOLEMAN, ALBERT (J. TANNER. 

